Pair a light to the app

Pairing takes about a minute per light. You need the MOD LIGHTING app, your home Wi-Fi password, and the remote that came with the light.

Before you start

• Put your phone on your home Wi-Fi, not mobile data. If your router shows two networks, choose the 2.4 GHz one: your lights join 2.4 GHz only. See Wi-Fi for smart lights.
• Keep Bluetooth on. The app uses it to find a new light while you pair. Once the light is paired it talks over Wi-Fi, so Bluetooth can be off after that.
• Stand next to the light with its wall switch on, and switch your other smart lights off at the wall so only one is listening.
• Check that it is a smart version: "(Smart)" or "(Smart Lights)" in the light's name. A regular light runs on its remote and does not show in the app. See The MOD LIGHTING app for the full list.

The steps

1. Open the MOD LIGHTING app, sign in, and tap Pair a light on the Home screen. Scroll down past any offers if you do not see it.
2. Confirm your 2.4 GHz network and type its password. The password stays on your phone and is sent only to the light, never to us.
3. If the app asks, allow Bluetooth (it finds the light) and Location (it reads your Wi-Fi name so you do not have to type it). Neither leaves your phone, and the app asks only once.
4. When the app says it is searching, press and hold the pairing button in the middle of the remote for 5 to 10 seconds, until the light blinks, then let go.
5. Stay next to the light. The app finds it, hands it your Wi-Fi details and ends on "Hello, light." Name it after where it is, and you are done.

Then the next light: switch it on at the wall, tap Pair a light again and repeat. One light at a time.

Good to know

• A search runs for up to 100 seconds and tries once more by itself. With Bluetooth off, the app looks over Wi-Fi only and can take up to two minutes.
• If several lights were found, choose the one you are setting up. The strongest signal is usually the one nearest your phone.
• Your remote keeps working after pairing. The light does whatever you did last, on the remote or in the app.
• Your first light also sets up your home. You can name it and add spaces then, or skip that and do it later.

Did it stop partway? See Pairing didn't work: what to check.